or moo in the oven. The recipe is very simple and can come out quite ok, if you have the right kind of beef. If you don’t, then you might as well eat a shoe with some spices on, because it is going to taste roughly the same.

Since most of the stuff i make is quick to make, the preparation time is ~15 minutes, and the cooking time is 55 minutes for an electric oven, at 180 degrees Celsius.

Now, Romania can be pretty bloody annoying in regards to beef. It can be expensive (definitely expensive in restaurants), and frickin tough to chew. Oh, for a slice of prime rib…I’ve experimented before with the beef from Carrefour, and only the Polish imported meat was any good, but pricey. However, I’ve recently discovered the “pulpa de manzat” (no clue what it is in English, just as i have no clue what the english translations are) from Cora. It turned out to be a nice surprise, being both good tasting and soft.

For this week, i’ve picked up a piece with nice marbling (the marbling with little veins of fat is really important. it adds to the taste and tenderness).

Ingredients:

most of the ingrediends

1. 1 piece of beef
2. some olive oil
3. Provence spices, available at any store
4. ground pepper. the pre-ground kind is good, but for a better taste, use a grinder
5. Arabian grill spices from Mega Image
6. whatever other spices you like/have. I’ve added some Tandoori BBQ
7. Fino oven bags. this be important!! i’ve tried roasting the beef in the oven by wrapping it in tin foil before, and it just doesn’t come out the same. If you can’t find separate oven bags, just by some “punga magica” from knorr, and use their bags
8. soy sauce
9. balsamic vinegar

Procedure:

1. Pour a little bit of oil over the beef, and spread it evenly over the whole thing, so the spices stick to the meat
   

   spread the spices evenly

2. spread the spices evenly on the top side. Don’t pour them directly from the bag/box, pour them instead in one hand, and then use your fingers.
3. do the same thing to the other side, so the spices are evenly spread
4. in a small container (cup/bowl/whatever) pour some soy sauce (about a spoonfull) 1.5 spoons of balsamic vinegar. add about 2/3 of a cup of water and some rosemary. Mix well
5. alternately you can add wine
6. place the meat in the oven bag


place the meat and the soy/vinegar mixture in the bag

7. add the soy/vinegar mixture in the bag
8. close the bag with the provided thingie, and poke a few holes in it
9. preheat the electric oven to 180 degrees centigrade
10. place the moo inside for 55 minutes
11. once it’s done, remove the meat from the oven
12. open the bag very very carefully. it has hot steam inside
13. the left over sauce can be mixed with a bit of flour on the stove to make some delicious gravy
14. enjoy the final product

the final product